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“during his first year at the Eclectic that, by his second year, the school had promoted him from janitor to assistant professor.”
― Candice Millard, Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

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“She (the First Lady, entering the room with her gravely wounded husband) would admit fear but not despair.”
― Candice Millard, Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

tags: composure, despair, fear, stoicism

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“Dr. Lister, who treated the wounded Pres. Garfield, had been so stung by the medical establishment's reaction to his embrace of African-American doctors that he, in response, refused to do part from the status quo enough to considering using antiseptic techniques.”
― Candice Millard, Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

tags: human-opinion, popularity, prejudice

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